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best because they didn’t have
anyone like us with a record
coming out at the time. So, we
though we had a window of
opportunity here. Our record
would come out when there’s no
Bon Jovi record, no Scorpions
record, no Cinderella or Kiss re-
cord in the quarter. It seemed
like it was going to be smooth
sailing. We’d get right in there
and boom! Of course, shit hap-
pens. I don’t know, it could have
been better, but it was what it
was.
If you search online, Company
of Wolves listed almost as a
hard rock/heavy metal band.
Did you see yourself that way?
Well, in the beginning we were
just a real rock and roll band - not
metal, not hard rock, not too pop,
just straight up rock. Of all the
bands that were coming out at
that time, we were into the Geor-
gia Satellites because they were
just a rock and roll band. We
liked Aerosmith and the Stones,
Cheap Trick and AC/DC and peo-
ple can probably hear all of that
Watch the video for “Gypsy Cab” by Steve Conte
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